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GOERICKE, RALF

Research Oceanographer

Degrees:

• Diploma, Kiel University
• M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
• Ph.D., Harvard University

Research Interests:

• Physiological ecology of phytoplankton
• Ecology of the tropical and subtropical open ocean
• Isotopic tracers in marine systems

Mentoring:

• Gorga, Joseph (Post Doc; 2005-)
• Mendez, Maria (Graduate; 2001-2003)
• Olaizola, Miguel (Post Doc; 1995-1998)
• Shankle, Amy (Graduate; 1995-1999)

PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2000

Sieracki ME, Gilg IC, Thier EC, Goericke R. 2006. Distribution of planktonic aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic bacteria in the northwest Atlantic. Limnology & Oceanography, 51: 38 – 46.

Landry M. R., Ohman M. D., Goericke R., et al., 2008, Lagrangian studies of phytoplankton growth and grazing relationships in a coastal upwelling ecosystem off Southern California, PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 83: 208-216

McClatchie S., Goericke, R., Schwing, F., et al., 2009, The state of the California Current, Spring 2008-2009 Cold conditions drive regional differences in coastal production, CalCOFI Reports 50: 43-68.

McClatchie S., Goericke R., Cosgrove R., et al., 2010, Oxygen in the Southern California Bight: Multidecadal trends and implications for demersal fisheries, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044497.

Hereu, M.C., Lavaniegos B.E., Goericke R., 2010, Grazing impact of salp (Tunicata, Thaliacea) assemblages in the eastern tropical North Pacific, JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 32:785-804.

Li Qian P., Franks P. J. S., Landry M. R., Goericke, R., Taylor, A.G., 2010, Modeling phytoplankton growth rates and chlorophyll to carbon ratios in California coastal and pelagic ecosystems, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES 115 DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001111

Roth M. S., Latz M. I., Goericke R., et al., 2010, Green fluorescent protein regulation in the coral Acropora yongei during photoacclimation, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 213: 3644-3655.

McClatchie S., Goericke R., Auad G., et al., 2010, Re-assessment of the stock-recruit and temperature-recruit relationships for Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 67: 1782-1790.

Bjorkstedt, E., Goericke, R., et al., 2010, State of the California Current 2009 - 2010: Regional variation persists through transition from La Niña to El Niño (and back?), CalCOFI Reports 51: 39-70.

Goericke, R., 2011, The size structure of marine phytoplankton - What are the rules? CalCOFI Reports 52:182-197.

Goericke, R., 2011, The structure of marine phytoplankton communities - Patterns, rules and mechanisms CalCOFI Reports 52:182-197.

Koslow, J.A., Goericke, R., Lara-Lopez, A., Watson, W., 2011, Impact of declining intermediate-water oxygen on deepwater fishes in the California Current, Marine Ecology Progress Series, in press.

Zhang, J., Fleming, J., Goericke, R., Fishermen’s perspectives on climate variability. Marine Policy (2011),doi:10.1016/ j.marpol.2011.06.001.

Stukel, M. R., M. R. Landry, C. R. Benitez-Nelson, R. Goericke. 2011. Trophic cycling and carbon export relationships in the California Current Ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 56: in press.

Bjorkstedt, E., Goericke, R., et al. 2011. The state of the California current: spring 2010–2011: Regional variable responses to a strong (but fleeting?) La Niña. CalCOFI Rep. 52:13-35. (2011).

Alin, S.R., R. A. Feely, A. Dickson, J.M.Hernandez-Ayon, L. W. Juranek, M. D. Ohman, R. Goericke, Submitted. Robust empirical relationships for estimating pH and carbonate saturation states in the southern California Current System. J. Geophysical Res.

Stukel, M.R., Landry, M. R., Ohman, M.D., Goericke, R., Samo, T., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., 2012, Do inverse ecosystem models accurately reconstruct plankton trophic flows? Comparing two solution methods using field data from the California Current, Journal of Marine Systems 91 (2012) 20–33

Roth, M. S., Goericke, R., Deheyn, D.D., 2012, Cold induces acute stress but heat is ultimately more deleterious for the reef-building coral Acropora yongei, Nature, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2 : 240 | DOI: 10.1038/srep00240

Chekalyuk, A. M., et al. (2012). "Laser fluorescence analysis of phytoplankton across a frontal zone in the California Current ecosystem." Journal of Plankton Research 34(9): 761-777..

Landry, M. R., et al. (2012). "Pelagic community responses to a deep-water front in the California Current Ecosystem: overview of the A-Front Study." Journal of Plankton Research 34(9): 739-748.

Samo, T. J., et al. (2012). "Microbial distribution and activity across a water mass frontal zone in the California Current Ecosystem." Journal of Plankton Research 34(9): 802-814.

Taylor, A. G., et al. (2012). "Sharp gradients in phytoplankton community structure across a frontal zone in the California Current Ecosystem." Journal of Plankton Research 34(9): 778-789.